What is recorded here

Liscumasky fort is a 30-metre earthen ring on a Monaghan drumlin, its eastern entrance still visible though bushes have thickened the bank since 1968. Local tradition calls it a fairy fort, warning that people who enter are lost or changed. The warning may be nonsense, or it may be the oldest way of saying that some places do not want to be understood.

Located at the E end of an E-W drumlin ridge. This is a circular grass-covered area (diam. 30m WNW-ESE; 27nm NNE-SSW) defined by an earthen bank (at N: Wth of base 3.5m; int. H 0.35m; ext. H 0.5m) with some bushes, an outer fosse (at N: Wth of top 3.7m; Wth of base 1.8m; D 0.35m) WSW-N-SE and traces of an external bank (at N: Wth of base 3.5m; ext. H 0.5m) WSW-N-E. The original entrance (Wth 3.3m) is at E. A depression (dims 9m N-S; 2.5m E-W; D 0.5m) is inside the bank at W and breaches it at NNW. The monument has become overgrown since 1968 (OSAP 2000). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 23 February 2018

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